Wednesday, May 15, 2019

(Tongo Tongo) 17 Niger troops have been killed with another
11 reported missing in an ambush near the Malian border, an area where several
jihadist groups are active.

It appears that a patrol of 52 Niger soldiers
encountered a group of heavily-armed men at Baley Beri, near Tongo Tongo,
leading to heavy fighting, which lasted more than two hours. According to the
report, 22 soldiers in three vehicles returned to their base at Ouallam, around
85 km south of Tongo Tongo.